Manage Transition & Change

Managing transition and change is at the core of what we do.

As organizations and networks grow, evolve, and adapt, they need to adjust structures, staffing, operating styles, strategies, and external relationships in order to stay strong and effective. At critical transition points, such as leader transitions, changes in external circumstances, rapid growth, marked success, or during times of struggle or setback, we help organizations and networks create powerful new pathways for achieving their goals.

In our evolving approach to managing transition and change, we partner with our clients to:

Examine the wholesystem and what influences it internally and externally – organizational culture, the broader movement, the political environment, and much more.

Identify root causes – the source of the need for change – and how this need is felt.

Examine issues of diversity and power – holding space for multiple authentic voices and perspectives to be honored. We consider who is and who is not participating in the change process and why.

Create change in an emergent, yet data-driven way. Our recommendations and strategic questions are grounded in information about what people are saying and doing inside and outside the organization or network.

Build relationships as whole people, as leaders and as people, paying attention to hearts, minds, and actions.

Catalyze and support innovative thinking.

Services

I attribute Hope House’s transition from a good idea into a real, ‘grown-up’ organization to my MAG consultant. She didn’t give up on me. She kept working on me and helped me to take the steps that I needed to take, even if they weren’t always easy. She just kept working with me until I got it.

— Carol Fennelly, Executive Director, Hope House

Assess the need for change within an organization or network

Plan and manage change within a department, program, organization, or network

Shift organizational cultures, structures, and systems

Restructure board, staff, and management to respond to growth and adopt new ways of operating

Plan for and manage leadership transitions, including founder succession and the development of leadership needed throughout the system

Address issues of power, privilege, racial justice, diversity, and other inter-group dynamics within organizations or networks